O-Zone, Morandi, Carla's Dreams, Enigma - the names of these bands are probably familiar to everyone. But not everyone knows that they were all created by Romanians. This article describes the most famous Romanian singers of our time, as well as their best compositions.
Briefly about Romanian music. The most famous Romanian singers
Romanian music includes folk songs, classical works by prominent composers, and contemporary popular compositions. To create folk melodies in this country, string and wind instruments are actively used. But this article talks about the most famous Romanian singers.
Two decades ago, no one could have thought that Romanian musicians could create something worthwhile. But everything changed in the early 2000s, when the simple composition Dragostea din Tei of the O-Zone project burst into the European charts. It has become no less popular in Russia. A little later, Europe met with other artists from Romania: Akcent, Morandi, Carla's Dreams and others.
It is worth recalling such a loud musical project as Enigma. The group was created in 1990 by the Romanian Mihai Crecu with his wife. Throughout its history, Enigma has released eight studio albums and two dozen singles. The music of this group is most often attributed to the styles of "new age" and "ambient".
By the way, it is worth distinguishing between Romanian and Moldavian musicians. Although they sing in the same language, they represent different countries. So, for example, many believe that Balan Dan is a Romanian singer, but this is not so. Dan Balan was born in 1979 in Chisinau. Also often mistakenly consider the Romanian rock band Zdob și Zdub. In fact, the perky guys playing folk rock are also Moldovans.
To date, the Romanian stage is well known to foreign listeners. This applies to pop music, rock, rap and dance styles. Among the most famous Romanian singers are the following performers:
- Marius Moga.
- Edward Maya
- Marcel Pavel.
- Carla's Dreams.
- Mihai Traistariu.
- Nicolae Guta.
Marius Moga
Marius Moga (Marius Moga) - a famous Romanian singer, composer and producer, one of the vocalists of the legendary band Morandi. The single Angels performed by the team seven times received platinum status in Russia. Marius was born in 1981 in the city of Alba Julia, where he graduated from the local art school. At the age of nineteen, he arrived in Bucharest and almost immediately took part in the recording of the album of the already famous group Akcent at that time, which brought him his first popularity.
Edward Maya
Edward Maya is a professional Romanian musician and DJ. Born in 1986, educated at the Bucharest Conservatory. Performs electronic music in the genres of "house" and "trance".
Already at the age of 19, he wrote the song Tornero for Eurovision, which took 4th place in the competition. The Stereo Love song brought great success to the musician. With her, he gained great popularity in Greece, Turkey, Spain, Italy, Albania and other countries.
Marcel Pavel
Marcel Pavel, a singer from the industrial city of Galati, represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2002. However, the song Frumoasa mea, made at the festival in Mamaia, made him famous.
Marcel has a pleasant and beautiful voice that attracts a female audience. Lyrical blues compositions are especially good in his performance.
Nicolae Guta
The story of Romanian music would not be complete without mentioning such a specific style as “manele”. This is a kind of analogue of the Russian chanson, using mainly power tools. Songs of Romanian singers related to this style are a mixture of Turkish, Gypsy, Greek and Serbian folk music.
The brightest representative of the modern Romanian manele is Nicolae Guă. Since 1992, he has already released 28 albums. Video clips of the “King Manele” are gaining millions of views on YouTube.
Carla's dreams
The popular Romanian-Moldovan project Carla's Dreams was created in 2012 in Chisinau. His main soloist carefully hides his appearance. At all concerts and in video clips, he paints his face and puts on a black hood. Carla's Dreams music is extremely diverse - from jazz to hip hop. The most famous song Sub Pielea Mea (“Under My Skin”), released in 2016, has become extremely popular in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
Mihai Traistariu
Mihai Trăistariu was born in 1976 in the north of Romania, in the town of Piatra Neamt. As a child, Mihai became interested in music and playing the piano, and in his youth he was engaged in singing for 7-8 hours a day. The first success came to the performer in 1998, when he took second place at the prestigious music festival in Mamaia. There he was noticed by the producers. In 2006, Mihai Traistariu represented his country at Eurovision.
Here it is - modern music of Romania. Singers from this exotic Balkan country play and sing in different styles. But each of the performers listed in this article knows and does a great job.